Where does “ticketlessness” come from?
ticketlessness (English) comes from English ticketless, from English ticket, from Middle French estiquet, from Middle French estiquier, from Middle French estacher, from Old French estachier, from Old French estache, from Medieval Latin staca — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
ticketlessness (English): The property of being ticketless; not having a...
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- The property of being ticketless; not having a...
Ancestry of “ticketlessness”, step by step
ticketlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ticketless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ticketless | Without a ticket or tickets |
| 2 | English | ticket | A pass entitling the holder to admission to a... |
| 3 | Middle French | estiquet | a slip of paper with names of witnesses on it |
| 4 | Middle French | estiquier | Alternative form of estacher |
| 5 | Middle French | estacher | to attach |
| 6 | Old French | estachier | Alternative form of atachier; bind; to fasten... |
| 7 | Old French | estache | stake; strap |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | staca | a stake |
| 9 | Gothic | 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | stakô | stake |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |